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Etymology

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This idiom references the foul smell emitted by some cheeses, many of which have a rind that keeps the odor in. Once the rind is pierced, as in the case of slicing it, the smell is released.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (General Australian):(file)

Verb

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cut the cheese (third-person singular simple present cuts the cheese, present participle cutting the cheese, simple past and past participle cut the cheese)

  1. (Canada, US, euphemistic, idiomatic, slang) To fart loudly. I cannot believe that you cut the cheese at the dinner table!
    • 1991, Hal Shymkus, Nightcrawlers, Bait, and Beer to Go, page 82:You know, did you cut some cheese? Did you fart?
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut,‎ cheese.

Synonyms

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  • break wind
  • fart
  • flatulate
  • pass gas
  • trump
  • See also Thesaurus:flatulate

Translations

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  • French: coupe fromage
  • Jamaican Creole: buss a poop
  • Polish: puszczać bąka impf, puścić bąka (pl) pf
  • Spanish: cortar el queso

See also

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  • he who smelt it dealt it
  • cheeser

References

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  • cut the cheese in the Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
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